Its just a Logo. Where is the text telling us anything?
Nevermind found the video.
Though rumor says it may be a great update for the KDF to move toward completion with the start of the RSE finally begining. It may even have an adventure zone for the two factions.
Only the Devs know for sure.......
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Given all the canon references we have to Klingons, we do not have a functioning KDF faction.
Now, while we *STILL* have a non-functioning KDF faction, everybody and their brother is excited about them making *ANOTHER* faction, that has *LESS* information and backstory then the Klingons do...
I have 10k EC says this time next year if we do get a Romulan faction the boards are full of people complaining that its not finished, and that the KDF is still not finished.
Finish the KDF. If you manage it, then start a thrid, unneccisary faction.
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If true, we really need some sort of unified queue system. FvF, FvR, FvK, RvK, RvR, KvK is too much and would seriously split the community.
Faction Queues and STF PUG-like Queues.
Faction Queues:
FvRvK - first come first serve. If there are only 10 Feds in the queue, it will be a 5v5 FvF. If there are 5 Feds and 5 KDF, it will be a 5v5 FvK. If there are 5 Roms and 5 KDF, it will be a 5v5 KvR. If there are 4 Feds, 4 KDF, 4 Rom...the first two to get to 5 will go while the one that didn't get 5 will have to wait. If the two that got 5 manage to get 5 again before the other, that other will wait again....possibly again...and again. If that other gets 5, then they will face whichever of the other two queues five first. If there were 5 additional available for two, they'd make it a 10v10. Priority given to establishing 5v5's and then filling out 10v10s.
Plausible?
STF PUG-like Queues:
Mixed teams of Feds, KDF, and Roms...
So, if its a reference to that, I see nothing but a S8 story arc and content teaser for the Romulan/Iconian/Sela connection to the war. NOT another half-assed faction.
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So, if its a reference to that, I see nothing but a S8 story arc and content teaser for the Romulan/Iconian/Sela connection to the war. NOT another half-assed faction.
I agree. And it makes more sense that it's that, then the Romulan Faction that I'd love to see, but not at the expense of the Klingons not being finished and fully fleshed out. Because we know they are not.
They'd also have to find a way to introduce new maps and new PVP options when they release a new faction. Something else I think we're still at least another year or two from getting.
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other 2 faction pvp mmo's have found that adding a 3rd faction is a viable solution to common balance issues that arise. Battlestar Galatia online is adding a 3rd faction to deal with this issue. So its not far fetched to think that STO might do it as well.
Faction Queues:
FvRvK - first come first serve. If there are only 10 Feds in the queue, it will be a 5v5 FvF. If there are 5 Feds and 5 KDF, it will be a 5v5 FvK. If there are 5 Roms and 5 KDF, it will be a 5v5 KvR. If there are 4 Feds, 4 KDF, 4 Rom...the first two to get to 5 will go while the one that didn't get 5 will have to wait. If the two that got 5 manage to get 5 again before the other, that other will wait again....possibly again...and again. If that other gets 5, then they will face whichever of the other two queues five first. If there were 5 additional available for two, they'd make it a 10v10. Priority given to establishing 5v5's and then filling out 10v10s.
Nothing wrong with 10v10 mayhem. If you have no guts, you do not need to queue Jorf :P
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Nothing wrong with 10v10 mayhem. If you have no guts, you do not need to queue Jorf :P
Deal breaker is that you can only have five people on a team, and assuming you can fix that the game is still far too spammy for those kinds of matches to be fun, not to mention performance issues.
Deal breaker is that you can only have five people on a team, and assuming you can fix that the game is still far too spammy for those kinds of matches to be fun, not to mention performance issues.
We already have 10v10 though...so you'd want to remove 10v10s?
With what I had there, it would work something like this:
4 Fed, 4 KDF, 4 Rom.
+1 Fed, +1 KDF.
5v5 FvK launches.
4 Rom wait.
+1 Fed, +1 KDF.
The 5v5 FvK becomes 6v6 FvK.
4 Rom still wait.
It's basically what we see now with the FvF, FvK, KvK queues. Though, I suppose one would have to add a third group, eh? Cause I didn't really provide for FvF, KvK, RvR...as much as I did Faction X vs. Faction Y, where X and Y could be Fed, KDF, or Rom.
So it would be Same Faction Queues, Faction Queues, and Mixed Queues.
But still, it sounds like you don't want there to be a 10v10 fight at all...? Even the 10v10 we already have, you'd rather not have?
ill be flying something small, turny, with enhanced battle cloak and universal boff slots for one of my unusual sci builds.. green and loaded with torpedos
PVP should be
KvF
RvF
KvR
and one persistent ZONE with holdings / flags / capture where all 3 factions would compete.. could give an XP bonus for the whole faction according to actual score too..
lulz, how about we see how Cryptic does it before we go nuts about the potential queuing system.
But, but, but... my potential queuing system's so simple and would work regardless of how many factions they added!
Course, I honestly don't think they're adding Romulans. I agree with what was said about the name being a tie into those books about the Romulan-Earth War during the ENT era. That it's basically going to be a Romulan vs. Romulan War where the KDF/Feds are backing the "good" Romulans while the "bad" Romulans are still being backed by the Iconians.
I will bet that May 2013 will be a new series of Featured Episodes, not a Romulan faction.
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Im hoping and praying they dont make the scimitar class carriers. At the most just make it a carrier dreadnaught hybrid, just one bay plz, the nemisis battle was so awesome and they didn't use the fighters for it.
While debating in another thread, I thought of not only allowing max Toons to defect based on Romulan Rep system, but also allow a Racial Spec retrait to Romulan. We can all be spies.
Sounds like wheeeeeeeee to me.
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Recent blog posts and interviews reflect that the playerbase can expect some forward momentum with regards to the Romulan storyline. When might we actually see the new story-based material?
We will start talking about the Romulan story soon, but you may also get some teasers in any events or missions we release over the next few months.
STO underwent enormous game mechanics changes with the addition of the starbase and reputation systems. Can we expect any additional mechanics changes in 2013 or are you satisfied with focusing on adding new reputation factions?
We are mostly satisfied with the new systems that were introduced over the last year and instead of abandoning them, our plans in 2013 are to expand on both Reputations and the Fleet System. We will be introducing a new Fleet Holding and a new Reputation in our next update and have plans to add more towards the latter half of the year as well.
If we do make some additional system changes it would come in the form of PvP, crafting, or quality-of-life gameplay improvements. For the most part we are focusing on improving the game overall instead of introducing a big new system.
You've stated that you thought that the upcoming Season Eight release would be "big" for the Klingon faction. Do you have anything you can add to that?
We've stopped calling it a season for starters. When we look at all the time and energy being put into this next update, it feels like it's shaping into something much larger. While we haven't shared specifics yet, we will be detailing our plans for the Klingon faction in the coming months.
You've stated in the past that we will likely see an expansion of the new reputation system in the game. Can you provide us with any hints as to what factions may open up next? If not, what factions would you personally like to see developed in the reputation system that may not be on the drawing board just yet?
We do plan to release some new Reputations as mentioned and the ones at the top of our list are: PvP, Tholians, and Deferi. We feel that these would add a new dimension to those areas of content in the game and provide a source of cool new gear for captains.
All in all, based on everything that's been said recently - here and there - etc, etc, etc...
...I'd lean more toward no wheeeee! in the sense that people are hoping,but rather an overall wheeee! as far as where STO's headed.
The D'deridex tactics dont seem to indicate that, its a ship that usually decloaks and tries to end the fight without moving much, considering its size I would not think it can turn as fast as a Galaxy class, you are making it out-turn the Excelsior and the Soverign ... heck you are making it out-turn the Connie at 10 turn rate.
Likely its big, does not turn very well and its squishy and Galor BO? Dont think so at least certainly not a Eng Sci station, Lt. Cmdr Tac is a given due to the usual trick of TB -> HY III but NPC ships also use Viral Matrix and Photonic Shock Wave so at least Lt. Cmdr for Science as well, its Eng I suppose will take a hit.
it has shown to be very maneuverable for its size in the show, and judging by how it performed as a line ship in the dominion war, it should proboly act like a gigantic version of a bop. huge, lots of firepower, but fragile and not meant to be in a long engagement. despite what the npc uses, the ship should primarily be commander eng with strong tac.
since this is a new faction with new rules, how about this
I am sorry but if the centuries old venerable Romulan Bird-of-Prey that dates back to TOS have the same abilities as the Defiant I will die laughing.
No, its not like the Defiant because we already HAVE a Romulan Defiant ... the Valdore/Mogai.
the bops in game, just pretend the have nothing to do with ent and tat they are a recent design, completely. thats what i did a long time ago. you cant be serious right? the mogai as a defiant equivalent? the mogai is like 10 times the defients size at least, they should be nothing alike. and its not an escort, its a romulan heavy cruiser. but a destroyer type makes the most sense for it in game.
bop COM tac LTC tac LTC sci LT eng
18 turn
24000 hull
1.2 shields
I do not think we will ever get a Scimitar, the ship is far too powerful (we ARE talking about a ship that fought a Soverign class AND TWO Valdore at the same time) to be put on the players hands.
we have the jem dred and you don't think we would get the scim? thats funny. its also funny how over rated the scim is, because it could beat the sovereign, as if thats even starfleets toughest cruiser. if the enterprise D hadnt been destroyed, and had gotten its 20 year massive overhaul by then, i doubt it would have lost to a scim in a strait fight. or any 2379 galaxy class. the scim doesn't had the firepower of a d'deridex, it was certainly smaller too. the scim was a super weapon citadel more then a battle ship, it had a tone of weapon mounts and torp launchers, but they were all smaller guns or single shot launchers. the nose gun on a d'deridex could remove 10% of the galaxy's shields per hit, the scim's guns though numerous were far below that. its primarily a supremely shielded battleship chassis with most of its volume taken up by a super weapon with cruiser guns. i'll be generous for in game stats though
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You are a more reasonable fellow than your beard has led me to believe, Roach-san. I shall do you a great honor and take your words of wisdom to heart... as should we all.
Ya gotta admit, though, it's nice to fantasize a bit every once in awhile, though.
Given all the canon references we have to Klingons, we do not have a functioning KDF faction.
Now, while we *STILL* have a non-functioning KDF faction, everybody and their brother is excited about them making *ANOTHER* faction, that has *LESS* information and backstory then the Klingons do...
I have 10k EC says this time next year if we do get a Romulan faction the boards are full of people complaining that its not finished, and that the KDF is still not finished.
Finish the KDF. If you manage it, then start a thrid, unneccisary faction.
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On the serious note, i hope it will give players everything that was lacking on kdf side.
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Faction Queues and STF PUG-like Queues.
Faction Queues:
FvRvK - first come first serve. If there are only 10 Feds in the queue, it will be a 5v5 FvF. If there are 5 Feds and 5 KDF, it will be a 5v5 FvK. If there are 5 Roms and 5 KDF, it will be a 5v5 KvR. If there are 4 Feds, 4 KDF, 4 Rom...the first two to get to 5 will go while the one that didn't get 5 will have to wait. If the two that got 5 manage to get 5 again before the other, that other will wait again....possibly again...and again. If that other gets 5, then they will face whichever of the other two queues five first. If there were 5 additional available for two, they'd make it a 10v10. Priority given to establishing 5v5's and then filling out 10v10s.
Plausible?
STF PUG-like Queues:
Mixed teams of Feds, KDF, and Roms...
So, if its a reference to that, I see nothing but a S8 story arc and content teaser for the Romulan/Iconian/Sela connection to the war. NOT another half-assed faction.
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I agree. And it makes more sense that it's that, then the Romulan Faction that I'd love to see, but not at the expense of the Klingons not being finished and fully fleshed out. Because we know they are not.
They'd also have to find a way to introduce new maps and new PVP options when they release a new faction. Something else I think we're still at least another year or two from getting.
Think about this:
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More story missions progressing from the situation from three years ago? That'd be nice.
Story locked behind a rep grind? Have fun guys. I'll be in the Foundry instead.
I'm cautiously optimistic, regardless.
Sounds pretty good, minus the 10v10 stuff.
Nothing wrong with 10v10 mayhem. If you have no guts, you do not need to queue Jorf :P
Don't they know that walking under a raptors wing, much like walking under a ladder, is supposed to bring bad luck?
:eek:
Deal breaker is that you can only have five people on a team, and assuming you can fix that the game is still far too spammy for those kinds of matches to be fun, not to mention performance issues.
Is it may yet?
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We already have 10v10 though...so you'd want to remove 10v10s?
With what I had there, it would work something like this:
4 Fed, 4 KDF, 4 Rom.
+1 Fed, +1 KDF.
5v5 FvK launches.
4 Rom wait.
+5 Fed, +1 Rom.
5v5 FvR launches.
...or...
4 Fed, 4 KDF, 4 Rom.
+1 Fed, +1 KDF.
5v5 FvK launches.
4 Rom wait.
+1 Fed, +1 KDF.
The 5v5 FvK becomes 6v6 FvK.
4 Rom still wait.
It's basically what we see now with the FvF, FvK, KvK queues. Though, I suppose one would have to add a third group, eh? Cause I didn't really provide for FvF, KvK, RvR...as much as I did Faction X vs. Faction Y, where X and Y could be Fed, KDF, or Rom.
So it would be Same Faction Queues, Faction Queues, and Mixed Queues.
But still, it sounds like you don't want there to be a 10v10 fight at all...? Even the 10v10 we already have, you'd rather not have?
PVP should be
KvF
RvF
KvR
and one persistent ZONE with holdings / flags / capture where all 3 factions would compete.. could give an XP bonus for the whole faction according to actual score too..
Yes, keep 10v10, and give me that back that one PvP mission that involved protecting freighters or something.
But, but, but... my potential queuing system's so simple and would work regardless of how many factions they added!
Course, I honestly don't think they're adding Romulans. I agree with what was said about the name being a tie into those books about the Romulan-Earth War during the ENT era. That it's basically going to be a Romulan vs. Romulan War where the KDF/Feds are backing the "good" Romulans while the "bad" Romulans are still being backed by the Iconians.
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While debating in another thread, I thought of not only allowing max Toons to defect based on Romulan Rep system, but also allow a Racial Spec retrait to Romulan. We can all be spies.
Sounds like wheeeeeeeee to me.
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We will start talking about the Romulan story soon, but you may also get some teasers in any events or missions we release over the next few months.
STO underwent enormous game mechanics changes with the addition of the starbase and reputation systems. Can we expect any additional mechanics changes in 2013 or are you satisfied with focusing on adding new reputation factions?
We are mostly satisfied with the new systems that were introduced over the last year and instead of abandoning them, our plans in 2013 are to expand on both Reputations and the Fleet System. We will be introducing a new Fleet Holding and a new Reputation in our next update and have plans to add more towards the latter half of the year as well.
If we do make some additional system changes it would come in the form of PvP, crafting, or quality-of-life gameplay improvements. For the most part we are focusing on improving the game overall instead of introducing a big new system.
You've stated that you thought that the upcoming Season Eight release would be "big" for the Klingon faction. Do you have anything you can add to that?
We've stopped calling it a season for starters. When we look at all the time and energy being put into this next update, it feels like it's shaping into something much larger. While we haven't shared specifics yet, we will be detailing our plans for the Klingon faction in the coming months.
You've stated in the past that we will likely see an expansion of the new reputation system in the game. Can you provide us with any hints as to what factions may open up next? If not, what factions would you personally like to see developed in the reputation system that may not be on the drawing board just yet?
We do plan to release some new Reputations as mentioned and the ones at the top of our list are: PvP, Tholians, and Deferi. We feel that these would add a new dimension to those areas of content in the game and provide a source of cool new gear for captains.
All in all, based on everything that's been said recently - here and there - etc, etc, etc...
...I'd lean more toward no wheeeee! in the sense that people are hoping,but rather an overall wheeee! as far as where STO's headed.
it has shown to be very maneuverable for its size in the show, and judging by how it performed as a line ship in the dominion war, it should proboly act like a gigantic version of a bop. huge, lots of firepower, but fragile and not meant to be in a long engagement. despite what the npc uses, the ship should primarily be commander eng with strong tac.
since this is a new faction with new rules, how about this
d'deridex
COM eng
LTC tac
LTC sci
LT uni
8 turn
33000 hull
1.3 shield mod
fine mogai, whatever its called. it has like 3 or 4 fanon names, couldn't remember what the game called it. why would we not go over this one?
mogai
COM tac
LTC eng
LTC sci
LT uni
14 turn
29000 hull
1.2 shield mod
the bops in game, just pretend the have nothing to do with ent and tat they are a recent design, completely. thats what i did a long time ago. you cant be serious right? the mogai as a defiant equivalent? the mogai is like 10 times the defients size at least, they should be nothing alike. and its not an escort, its a romulan heavy cruiser. but a destroyer type makes the most sense for it in game.
bop
COM tac
LTC tac
LTC sci
LT eng
18 turn
24000 hull
1.2 shields
we have the jem dred and you don't think we would get the scim? thats funny. its also funny how over rated the scim is, because it could beat the sovereign, as if thats even starfleets toughest cruiser. if the enterprise D hadnt been destroyed, and had gotten its 20 year massive overhaul by then, i doubt it would have lost to a scim in a strait fight. or any 2379 galaxy class. the scim doesn't had the firepower of a d'deridex, it was certainly smaller too. the scim was a super weapon citadel more then a battle ship, it had a tone of weapon mounts and torp launchers, but they were all smaller guns or single shot launchers. the nose gun on a d'deridex could remove 10% of the galaxy's shields per hit, the scim's guns though numerous were far below that. its primarily a supremely shielded battleship chassis with most of its volume taken up by a super weapon with cruiser guns. i'll be generous for in game stats though
scimitar
COM sci
LTC tac
LTC eng
LT uni
9 turn
30000 hull
1.5 shield mod
1 hanger
all can battle cloak, all can use DHCs
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